ramjir Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Hi Folks, I am applying for Australian PR. The process seems to be straight forward, I am at a sticking point, where my company is not ready to issue a Employment Reference letter with 'to whom soever it may concern' . They need to know whom to address this letter for. Do I have an option of addressing someone/some agency like ACS and get the letter or does it surely need to be 'to whom soever it may concern' only. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Rahul R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 If they don't need an actual named persons then address to the agency that needs it, ACS, DIBP etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramjir Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 Hi rammy.. thanks. I am currently looking for the Skill assessment submission through an agent, and they for some strange reason this it should be 'to whomso ever it may concern' only. That kind of puts me off. So you think I can have the letter addressed to ACS at the very least and it should be fine? Have you come across such scenarios. Thanks for the response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 No I haven't but surely your agent must have? I guess many employers do not like giving an open reference. Go back to your agent and ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramjir Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 Yes sure.I checked with the agent. They are directing me to Third Party statutory sworn in letters for my employment ref. I suppose ACS does mention that as well, but is the company letter head document has more weightage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagzz Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Yes sure.I checked with the agent. They are directing me to Third Party statutory sworn in letters for my employment ref. I suppose ACS does mention that as well, but is the company letter head document has more weightage? Yes is true company letter head have more Weight age as compared to third party statutory sworns..... But if your HR is stubborn then you don't have choice at all... Go ahead with that... Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using PomsinOz mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABG Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Use a statutory declaration. That's what I did for my skills assessment, and when it came time to apply for the visa, I got an official reference from my employer Sent from a really tiny keyboard - pardon random autocorrects and fat-finger typos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path2aus Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 So this is what I did. I got a general letter from my company which mentioned that I was a full time employee from Date X - to present. My salary is this much and my role/title is this on the company letter head. All employers are okay giving this sort of letter. Along with that letter I submitted letters from my managers on a plain paper with their business cards. This worked for me with ACS. Not saying it will work for everyone but just saying. I did submit other documents like the offer letters etc...to prove my employment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramjir Posted August 26, 2017 Author Share Posted August 26, 2017 Thanks everyone for timely and useful advices. I received letter from ACS confirming my eligibility and asking me to do EOI. I submitted the EOI 3rd August i have submitted EOI with 65 points for Software engineer. 1. Any idea how good enough is this? 2. How does the ITA generally come I mean a mail or letter . Also how long does it approximately takes by your experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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